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8 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 1 (2007)

handle is hein.journals/mipr8 and id is 1 raw text is: Articles Patent Reform and Differential Impact Matthew Sag* & Kurt Rohde * We can't reject something just because it's stupid. - Esther M. Kepplinger, Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. 1 Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes. - THE ONION, March 25, 1998.2 INTRODUCTION The United States patent system is facing a crisis of confidence. There is a widespread perception that changes in © 2007 Matthew Sag & Kurt Rohde. Matthew Sag is an Assistant Professor at De Paul University College of Law. The authors wish to thank Andrew Gold, David Franklin, Tim Holbrook, Tonja Jacobi, Mark Lemley, Michael Meurer, Adam Mossoff, Kali Murray, Kristen Osenga, and the participants at the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference 2006 for their insightful comments and suggestions. This article solely reflects the opinions of the authors and does not represent the views of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP or its clients. Please direct any comments to msag@depaul.edu. S* Kurt Rohde is an Associate Attorney at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP in Chicago, Illinois, where he practices as intellectual property attorney focusing on patent prosecution and patent litigation. Mr. Rohde graduated from Northwestern University School of Law and, prior to that, worked as a practicing engineer in the aerospace and industrial manufacturing fields for ten years. 1 . Responding to the Federal Circuit's decision in In re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2002). See David Streitfeld, Note: This Headline is Patented, L.A. TIMES, Feb. 7, 2003, at 1. 2 . Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes, THE ONION (Mar. 25, 1998) at 33-11, available at http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130. The Onion is a satirical newspaper.